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hawksbeard

hawksbeard noun: any of various annual and perennial flowering plants of the genus Crepis, superficially resembling the dandelion.

Noun

hawksbeard (plural hawksbeards)

  1. Any of various annual and perennial flowering plants of the genus Crepis, superficially resembling the dandelion.
  2. Any of several plants of the genus Youngia, of Asia.

hawksbeard meaning in Arabic

hawksbeard in Arabic

Crepis gen. et spp.
بَيْض الأَرْض bayḍ al-ʔarḍ, سَرَغَة saraḡa, سَرَاغَة sarāḡa, خُفِّيَّة ḵuffiyya

Forms of hawksbeard

pluralhawksbeards

Origin of hawksbeard

From hawk + -s- + beard.

Words formed from hawksbeard

Questions about hawksbeard

What does hawksbeard mean?
Hawksbeard means any of various annual and perennial flowering plants of the genus Crepis, superficially resembling the dandelion.
What is hawksbeard in Arabic?
Hawksbeard in Arabic is بَيْض الأَرْض (bayḍ al-ʔarḍ), سَرَغَة (saraḡa), سَرَاغَة (sarāḡa). See Hawksbeard meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is hawksbeard?
Hawksbeard is a noun.
What is the plural of hawksbeard?
The plural of hawksbeard is hawksbeards.

Words near hawksbeard in the dictionary

  1. hawknoses
  2. hawknut
  3. hawknuts
  4. hawks
  5. Hawks Nest
  6. hawksbeard
  7. hawksbeards
  8. Hawksbee
  9. hawksbill
  10. hawksbill sea turtle
  11. hawksbill sea turtles

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